Chris Guiton

I like it!

They are different... But only in the sense that they're worse!

'They Need to Suffer': Inside Trump's War on Dissent Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, and the rest of the administration are waging a furious crackdown on dissent following Charlie Kirk's assassination.

“They need to suffer”
-US president
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Are ID Cards Starmer’s Poll Tax? After scarcely a year in post, Keir Starmer seems to have fast-forwarded to the farcical end-stage of his premiership. Will the introduction of ID cards spark a mass mobilisation of Left and Right tha...

'this clumsily selected and cack-handedly announced policy has revealed a deep fragility within the current government. Just over a year after enjoying a historic victory at the polls, it seems weaker than ever.'

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Yep. Political stupidity of the highest order. The Starmer Regime know they've lost the argument (and the next GE) but are incapable of changing direction. What a sorry state of affairs!

Indeed it does!

Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday

Faced with protests against their illiberal, reactionary, authoritarian policies, the Government responds with further illiberal, reactionary, authoritarian policies.

Well done, Labour!

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On the anniversary of The Battle of Cable Street, let us remember that the Daily Mail was cheering on Fascists then and continues that proud tradition today.

Palestine Action protest: police begin making arrests at London demo Officers start arresting activists at silent vigil in support of banned organisation

The police claimed they had more important things to do following the *actual* terror attack on the Manchester synagogue. Apparently not...

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Leader's Speech - Zack Polanski at Green Party Conference 2025 YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales

Bold. Progressive. Inclusive.

Genuine vision offering a much needed politics of hope from @zackpolanski.bsky.social

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You too! ✊

Gotcha! No probs. I often struggle with the character limit. I see it as character-building (no pun intended)!

Thanks. Though I will say that history is driven by class struggle. 'Us vs them' is inevitable. And politics revolves around understanding who's got the power, how they got it, what they do with it, and how we get rid of them...

Yep. Though I don't think it's a labelling issue. It's an indication of the entropic chaos that is accompanying the collapse of neoliberalism into fascism. Which still suggests fighting the feckers with a progressive alternative...

UK campaigners reject police attempt to delay protest over Palestine Action ban Activists urge police to redirect resources after Manchester synagogue attack rather than arrest peaceful protesters

UK campaigners reject police attempt to delay protest over Palestine Action ban www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-camp...

What MPs are really saying about Starmer despite his fighting talk against Farage The Prime Minister needed a good conference speech - but MPs are divided on whether or not he delivered

'One Labour insider... summing up the party’s problem: “He’s shit but everyone else is more shit.”'

Ok... But that's because Labour has comprehensive ruled out the progressive political programme that might turn the tide. It's a problem entirely of their own creation.

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Israel threatens all staying in Gaza City, kills at least 53 in enclave Israeli Defence Minister Katz says anyone who stays in Gaza City will be considered 'terrorists and terror supporters'.

"I would say to people who are planning to go on a protest is to just take a step back for a minute, and imagine if you had lost a loved one to a terror attack in this country,"

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood

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Par for the course... Subservience to US Big Tech meets political ineptitude meets rapidly deepening authoritarianism.

Two-child benefit cap has been devastating, says Phillipson The education secretary says there is a "real urgency" about the issue, as she signals the cap could soon be lifted.

#TwoChildBenefitCap
Soooo devastating...she voted for it.

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Nicely done!

Precisely!

Spot on. Labour knows this. And continues down the same path. Says it all!

Thames Water creditors ask for up to 15 years’ leniency from river pollution rules Lenders say a ‘full return to legal, regulatory and environmental compliance’ under new rescue plan would not be completed until at least 2035-2040

The people who've been drowning us in shit, who are now in deep shit, are feeding us more shit. We can all see that Labour's keen to buy their shit. Which means that this a government of shit, by shit, for shit*.

*apologies to Abraham Lincoln.

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Labour sinks further into the mire...

Big pharma is at war with the UK, and the government can’t back down now | Nick Dearden The industry has always wanted the NHS to pay more for its drugs; now it is pulling research and investment out of Britain, says director of Global Justice Now Nick Dearden

Big pharma is at war with the UK. If we want to save the NHS, we can’t back down.

By me 👇

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Good piece, as always. Just wondering how long Streeting will hold out given he's beholden to corporate interests!

Capitalism, my arse As the Guardian reports this morning: The government has said it will underwrite a £1.5bn loan guarantee to Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) as the carmaker battles the consequences of a recent cyber-attack. ...

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Palestine Action protest in London could set arrest record, say organisers Defend Our Juries has received 1,500 pledges to attend and expects hundreds more to register by Saturday

"The new home secretary must urgently rethink what has become a poll tax moment for this imploding Labour government."

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Building More Won't Fix the Housing Crisis Housing has become a financial asset that generates vast gains for the wealthy.

'Instead of seeing ourselves as isolated, competitive capitalists, we need to recognise the ways in which we are all interdependent, and cooperate to build housing markets that insulate us all from risk.'

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